新概念英语第二册 Lesson 21 Mad or not 知识归纳

Lesson 21 Mad or not? Text课文 First,listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why do people think the writer is mad? Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.The airport was built years ago,but for some reason it could not be used then.Last year,however,it came into use.Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.I am one of the few people left.Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.I have been offered a large sum of money to go away,but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right. 》 New words生词 mad[meda,发疯 reason['ri:zann.原因 sum[sAm]n.量 determined[di'ta:mind]a.坚定的，下决心的 Grammar focus语法 L.Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。 drive除了有驾驶的意思，还可以表示赶、逼。drive sb.mad把某人逼疯，drive sb.away把某人赶走。如： How did you drive him away? 你是如何将他赶走的？ driving force驱动力。如： His wife is the driving force behind his accomplishments. 他的妻子是他成就后面的推动力。 2.I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day..我住在一个机 场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。 这是一个由and连接的并列句，and后面的句子中passing plane是主语，而passing 这个动名词又是作为修饰plane这个名词的定语而存在。如： He asked an embarrassing question.(动名词作定语) 他问了一个令人尴尬的问题。 can be heard是情态动词can的被动语态，如： 主a动：I can finish all the tasks! 我可以完成所有的任务！ 被动：All the tasks can be finished! 所有的任务都可以被完成！ night and day和day and night都表示夜以继日，日日夜夜。如： The earth moves day and night. 地球昼夜不停地运转。 3.The airport was built years ago,but for some reason,it could not be used then. 是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因，当时未能启用。 was built是一般过去时的被动语态。如： 一般过去时的主动语态： They built the Great Wall to protect the country from being attacked. 他们修建了长城，以保护国家免受攻击。 一般过去时的被动语态： The Great Wall was built to protect the country from being attacked. 长城被修建起来，以保护国家免受攻击。 could的主动语态： I could not open the door yesterday. 我昨天不能打开这扇门。 could的被动语态： The door could not be opened yesterday. 这扇门昨天不能被打开。 for some reason.由于某种原因。因为some在这里指某种，而不是一些，所以 reason是单数形式。 4.Last year,,however,,it cam